Orangefield 2-3 Crumlin Star

The Star are through to the quarter finals of the Clarence cup after a tough encounter with Orangefield Old Boys over in East Belfast. 
The Star took an early lead when a long ball from Thompson wasn't dealt with by the home sides defence, where Gormley was on hand to barge his way through two tackles and fire the ball home to make it 1-0 to the Star.
After going in front the Star took their foot of the gas and were second to the ball all over the park and the home team got a deserved equaliser in the 20th minute when their midfielder let fly from twenty yards out to bring the sides level. 
Orangefield where well on top at this point and were creating chances at will and went deservedly in front after a quick counter attack broke the Stars offside trap for their striker to run through on goal and chip the helpless Thompson and make it 2-1. 
Things could've got worse for the Star before the break as their lacklustre display was giving the home side countless opportunities to stretch their lead but luckily for the Star they failed to take their chances.

H/T 2-1 

To put it nicely manager Eamonn Hawkins gave his players a stern talking to during the interval which seemed to work wonders as from the very beginning of the second half the Star nearly equalised when Paul Brown forced the home keeper into a fine save. 
For the opening twenty minutes of the second half the Star pegged Orangefield back in their final quarter and put the home side under some severe pressure. 
Anto Braniff should've equalised on the hour when he found himself free from a Sean Brown corner but his header went well over the bar when he should've done better. 
But the Ardoyne sides persistence finally paid of soon after when Gormley broke free to lift the ball over the stranded keeper to score his second of the day and put the Star on level terms. 
After this the game ebbed and flowed as both sides pushed for a winner but it was the Star who always looked like getting it as they created the better chances. 
Mark Mooney replaced captain Sean Brown with 15 minutes to go and with his desire to win every ball plus his pace out on the wing he gave the Star just what they needed to push for a winner. 
The winning goal came with five minutes to go when Mooney found Gormley in the box and as Gormley shielded the ball, his marker got too close and hauled him to the floor for a certain penalty. 
Gormley then dusted himself down and stepped up to send the keeper the wrong way and put the Star into the next round of the cup. 

It was Gormley 12th hat trick in what has been an unbelievable season for the young striker. 

The Star now face Shankill United away on Wednesday week in the last eight at 7pm but before that they'll face Newington Rangers in the penultimate fixture of the league down in Larne.

Joe Gormley: 12 Hat tricks this season!

STAR CHAMPIONS AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!  3 IN A ROW!

Crumlin Star 4-0 Nortel

Last Tuesday the Star faced 1A side Nortel at Solitude in the Clarence cup. The sides had already met once this season in the Steel& Sons cup were Nortel ran out 2-1 winners. Straight from the kick off both sides played some lovely free flowing football that was very pleasing on the eye and it was the Star that broke the deadlock in the 10th minute when Paul Berne got on the end of a Brown corner to score from close range.
Midway through the half Paul Brown made it 2-0 with a tidy finish just inside the area after some good work by Joe Gormley.
Gormley then made it 3-0 on the hour when Mark Mooney left the left back in his wake and set up Gormley who rifled the ball past the helpless Nortel keeper. The Stars night just got better and better when Nial Hawkins came of the bench to curl an unstoppable shot into the top corner to make it 4-0 in the 82nd minute. The Star now face Orangefield in the last 16 on Saturday.

Bangor Swifts 0-4 Crumlin Star

Crumlin Star were crowned champions on Saturday after another convincing win over Bangor swifts. With Ballywalter falling to a 1-0 home defeat to Mossley the Star now have an unassailable 17 point lead at the top of division 1C.
After a scrappy opening 20 minutes Joe Gormley opened the scoring with a close range finish after some good work by Paul Brown. It wasn't until the 55th minute that the Star made it 2-0 when Gormley turned provider for Brown to score from close range also. Paul Berne the scored for the second game running when forced the ball home from a Reid corner. Gormley then made it 4-0 when Braniff scooped the ball over the defence for the prolific scorer to blast the ball home from 15 yards. 

ALL AT CRUMLIN STAR FC WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE EAMONN, SEAN AND THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD ON WINNING THE LEAGUE!!

Paul Berne got 2 goals in 5 days!!